Here's two Beeman sold Weihrauch, serial number 124xxxxx and 125xxxxx. The R1 came in a box labelled "select stock", has an unusual colored original 
stock, but the R8 has, I think, a much prettier stock? What does "select" really mean?
Beeman What does "select stock" mean?
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fancier than normal wood is all. stock still just off the assembly line, unless it is a custom made then there select grade hand picked piece of wood .
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The top stock is quarter sawn lumber, the bottom one is plain sawn. Quarter sawn lumber is less likely to warp.
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I think all the Deluxe stocks on the R guns were select. Same for the HW77's and probably HW55. And if you got an HW 80, 77, 55 from somewhere else it had the same decent beech and not the stuff that looks like a baseball bat. With all the beech flecks and features that many of us don't like to see.
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From the pictures, which one is the select one and which one is the regular stock. Each one is interesting, but different.
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Look close. The plain sawn log has some quarter sawn lumber too. Cut the center boards in half. Quarter sawn beech shows medulary rays. The R1 stock displays it. But it doesn't always look so good as that. Sometimes the plain sawn lumber looks good. HW50
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The top is the "select" on an R1 in .20...or so it says on the box. Weird color I think, but original finish.
The bottom stock, on an R8, is I don't know?
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Actually that R8 is somewhat or almost quarter sawn too. Look at the angle of the growth rings.
This baby's quarter sawn. R7 Look how the sun lights it up
This baby's quarter sawn. R7 Look how the sun lights it up
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...so I guess the top of the line R1, HW77, HW55 gets the best stock, and the lesser models the plain sawn lesser quality stock?..why the very dark wood on my R1?
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This post states the Select Stock was a $10 up charge.
https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/hw-30-r9-hw50-hw95.1273760/post-1322708
https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/hw-30-r9-hw50-hw95.1273760/post-1322708
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If the figure on the stock varies (quite a bit) from side to side, it’s a slab cut. Quarter sawn is much more consistent on both sides.
I would speculate that most mass-produced beech stocks are plain (or "slab") sawn, for reasons of economy. Which is a bit of a crap shoot - graining can range from yawner to gorgeous! The medullary rays (which run radially from the center - blue lines) are very small in many kinds of wood, but form prominent flakes in beech, and thus telegraph where the blank sat in a log.
As KWK noted, the piece highlighted in red below, would be indistinguishable from one in the center of a quarter-sawn group; the rays might be narrow highlights on the top and bottom edges. But as BoG pointed out, in the yellow one they might appear as nice wavy figuring, in different positions on each side of the stock.
PS: apologies to JohnL57 for stealing his nice illustration!
To answer the original question...I suspect "select stock" meant whatever the good Doc wanted it to mean on a given day, LOL.
As KWK noted, the piece highlighted in red below, would be indistinguishable from one in the center of a quarter-sawn group; the rays might be narrow highlights on the top and bottom edges. But as BoG pointed out, in the yellow one they might appear as nice wavy figuring, in different positions on each side of the stock.
PS: apologies to JohnL57 for stealing his nice illustration!
To answer the original question...I suspect "select stock" meant whatever the good Doc wanted it to mean on a given day, LOL.
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The outstanding beech blank in KWKs post blows my skirt up the same was a good walnut does. What a treat to get my eyes on that, even in pictures!
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Have seen and bought guns labled select... Plain as any others. Like others said possibly an opinion of better wood, but an upcharge for sure.
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Stain colors varied quite a bit between orange hues to brown- guess different runs from the HW supplier.
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